The restful, dreamlike colours of Modernist artist Marc Chagall: detail of one of the acclaimed biblical Old Testament stained glass windows he created between 1958 and 1970 for the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Metz, in the Grand Est region of northeastern France.
Metz, Grand Est, France: Modernist artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985) chose a palette of red, orange, pink and pale green for this detail of one of the three stained glass windows he created for the Cathédrale Saint Étienne de Metz (Cathedral of Saint Stephen) between 1958 and 1970. The medieval Gothic cathedral, founded in 1220, is known as "la Lanterne du Bon Dieu” ("the Good Lord’s Lantern”) because it has the largest expanse of stained glass of any medieval religious monument in the world. It covers an area of 6,500 square meters (nearly 70,000 sq ft) and ranges from 13th century mosaic-style glass to works by Gothic and Renaissance master glass makers such as Hermann von Münster and Valentin Bousch, as well as the windows by Chagall and other 20th century artists. Chagall’s Old Testament biblical designs for Metz Cathedral have attracted worldwide critical acclaim. The earliest, made between 1958 and 1961, depict scenes from the Book of Genesis, including “le Vitrail de la Creation” and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Between 1961 and 1967, he was responsible for scenes of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments, the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Burning Bush. The final series, between 1968 and 1970, includes a “Grand Bouquet” of birds, flowers and a rainbow. Marc Chagall also created stained glass for Reims Cathedral. All of his glass in both cities was made by the Atelier Simon-Marq stained glass studio at Reims, which has been creating stained glass and restoring it since 1640.
Size: 2000px × 3008px
Location: Metz, Grand Est, France.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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